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adventure [əd'ventʃə(r)]1 noun(a) (experience) aventure f;∎ to have an adventure avoir une aventure;∎ after many adventures après bien des péripéties(b) (excitement) aventure f;∎ he has no spirit of adventure il n'a pas le goût du risque;∎ where's your sense of adventure? où est ton sens de l'aventure?;∎ to look for adventure chercher l'aventure(film, novel) d'aventures(a) (risk → fortune, life) hasarder, risquer(b) (proffer → opinion, suggestion) hasarder, avancer, risquer∎ to adventure to do sth s'aventurer or se hasarder à faire qch∎ the government has adventured on a new defence policy le gouvernement s'est lancé dans ou a entrepris une nouvelle politique de défense;∎ to adventure into politics se lancer dans la politique(b) (dare to go) to adventure in/out prendre le risque d'entrer/de sortir, se risquer à entrer/à sortir;∎ the explorers adventured forth into the jungle les explorateurs se sont lancés dans la jungle►► adventure holiday = vacances organisées avec des activités sportives;British adventure playground = sorte d'aire de jeux
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adventure — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, epic, exciting, great, wonderful ▪ little ▪ We had a little adventure yesterday. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
adventure — ad|ven|ture [ədˈventʃə US ər] n [U and C] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: aventure, from Latin advenire to arrive , from ad to + venire to come ] 1.) an exciting experience in which dangerous or unusual things happen ▪ a great adventure ▪ … Dictionary of contemporary English
adventure */*/ — UK [ədˈventʃə(r)] / US [ədˈventʃər] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms adventure : singular adventure plural adventures a) an exciting, unusual, and sometimes dangerous experience I decided I was ready for an adventure after college. The… … English dictionary
adventure — ad|ven|ture [ əd ventʃər ] noun count or uncount ** an exciting, unusual, and sometimes dangerous experience: I decided I was ready for an adventure after college. The children were looking for adventure. a. uncount the feeling that you want to… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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Adventure — Ad*ven ture (?; 135), n. [OE. aventure, aunter, anter, F. aventure, fr. LL. adventura, fr. L. advenire, adventum, to arrive, which in the Romance languages took the sense of to happen, befall. See Advene.] [1913 Webster] 1. That which happens… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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adventure — A hazardous and striking enterprise. A bold undertaking accompanied by possible hazards, risks and unforeseen events. A common word in marine insurance policies, used as synonymous, or nearly so, with perils. A shipment of goods in charge of an… … Black's law dictionary
Toward the Age of Common Sense — ▪ 1995 by Sir Peter Ustinov I am not one of those who can easily tell the difference between year and year, like a meteorologist with reliable charts to go by. I am not even one who can refer to a kind of event or quirk of fashion as… … Universalium